Bursting with $5,000sVirginia Scratch-Off Odds & Prizes Remaining
The Virginia Lottery sells Bursting with $5,000s as a $30 ticket. 56% of its winning tickets pay $30 or less, no more than the ticket cost. Its overall odds of 1 in 3.75 beat the 1 in 5.45 typical of Virginia's $30 games. It has been on sale since September 2024, and 35% of its prizes are still unclaimed.
Should I Buy This Ticket?
- Winning tickets come up at a 27% clip (1 in 3.75), above the norm.
- The prize pool is about half spent, half still in circulation.
Current Prize Odds
ScratchCheck estimate · Updated October 19Prize Breakdown
| Prize | Total | Left | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5,000 | 2,684 | 944 | 35% |
| $500 | 609 | 206 | 34% |
| $200 | 7,657 | 2,644 | 35% |
| $150 | 3,056 | 1,028 | 34% |
| $100 | 21,862 | 7,543 | 35% |
| $50 | 106,318 | 36,687 | 35% |
| $30 | 182,468 | 63,272 | 35% |
Prize Pool Analysis
Ticket Statistics
Prize History
Top prizes left
Since March 6, when our records for it began, 122 $5,000 top prizes have been reported claimed, leaving 944. The most recent was on October 16.
How fast it's selling
Over the last 4 weeks, about 0.1% of this game's prizes were reported claimed each week.
From ScratchCheck's daily record of the lottery's published prize counts. Dates are when a claim first appeared in those counts, and small prizes are often cashed days after purchase, so claims trail actual sales.
ValueScore™ Breakdown
Game Details
- State
- Virginia
- Game Number
- 2300
- Ticket Price
- $30
- Start Date
- 9/3/2024
- Payout %
- 78.6%
- Data Source
- Official
- Last Updated
- 10/19/2026
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Every $30 ticket in Virginia
| Game | ValueScore | Odds | Payout | Top prize · left | Claimed per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASH OVERLOAD | 74 | 1 in 7.40 | 77.5% | $2K · 186 | - |
| Bursting with $5,000s (this game) | 68 | 1 in 3.75 | 78.6% | $5K · 944 | 0.1% |
| In The Money | 66 | 1 in 3.50 | 77.1% | $1M · 1 | 1.1% |
| WINNERS CLUB | 61 | 1 in 2.95 | 79.3% | $1M · 0 | 0.0% |
| Cash Overload | 39 | 1 in 7.40 | 77.5% | $2K · 20 | - |
Claimed per week: share of each game's printed prizes reported claimed per week over the last 4 weeks, from our daily records of the lottery's prize counts.